{"id":55072,"date":"2020-12-22T23:32:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T05:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=55072"},"modified":"2020-12-22T23:32:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T05:32:35","slug":"texas-biking-news-december-22nd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/22\/texas-biking-news-december-22nd-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Biking News December 22nd 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2020\/12\/22\/south-side-businesses-team-up-to-give-away-hundreds-of-toys-bikes-to-kids-in-need-for-holidays\/\">South Side businesses team up to give away hundreds of toys, bikes to kids in need for holidays<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>www.ksat.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ksat.com\/resizer\/DqQ5AqtRd5r54dtj3D4vS7ixCYo%3D\/1286x639\/smart\/filters%3Aformat%28jpeg%29%3Astrip_exif%28true%29%3Astrip_icc%28true%29%3Ano_upscale%28true%29%3Aquality%2865%29\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/gmg\/6TYJ3ZE4KREGRF34AQCKVPVF44.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mora-Vation Ministry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 7th annual Toy and Bike Giveaway was transformed to a drive-thru<\/p>\n<p>Though this season is a bit different, that didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop South Side business owner, resident, and co-founder of Mora-Vation Ministry Fernando Mora from hosting his 7th annual Toy and Bike Giveaway.<\/p>\n<p>The toy drive was held on Saturday, Dec. 19, at Brooster\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Backyard Icehouse, the new family-friendly hotspot located at 815 Pleasanton Rd, San Antonio, Texas 78214. Just like the previous 6 years, Mora continued his mission of putting smiles on the faces of the &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/houston.culturemap.com\/news\/city-life\/12-22-20-spring-branch-trail-hike-bike-city-of-houston-parks\/\">Major hike and bike trail rolls out in bustling Houston neighborhood<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>By Steven Devadanam | houston.culturemap.com<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/culturemap-com\/image\/upload\/ar_3%3A4%2Cc_fill%2Cg_faces%3Acenter%2Cw_980\/v1608658662\/photos\/317570_original.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Runners, cyclists, and hikers, take note: A new urban trail has just been completed, bringing closer a plan to link downtown Houston with the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s far west side. The new,  $1.7 million, 2.4-mile segment in Spring Branch stretches between Blalock Road and Wirt Road, connecting neighborhoods, retail stores, schools, Schwartz Park, and employment centers.<\/p>\n<p>Completion of all 10-feet-wide, paved Spring Branch Trail phases are part of the Spring Branch Management District\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2015-2030 Comprehensive Plan. Once &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h1>Texas Biking from Twitter<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We need your ideas on how to make the East End safer for people biking! Take the survey and draw your dream bike network here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xDhLjjTp2N\">https:\/\/t.co\/xDhLjjTp2N<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/eastendbikeplan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#eastendbikeplan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9LO0zX8CkI\">pic.twitter.com\/9LO0zX8CkI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Harris County Commissioner Pct 2 (@HarrisCoPct2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarrisCoPct2\/status\/1341527119780859917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fun century ride #2 with our RT athletes around Austin, TX this past weekend! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rothetraining?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rothetraining<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/skratchlabs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#skratchlabs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/amphuman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#amphuman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rotorbike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rotorbike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iamspecialized?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iamspecialized<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vUOXDDctr9\">pic.twitter.com\/vUOXDDctr9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rothetraining\/status\/1341542843740000256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Red and orange on the White Oak Greenway. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IwMAz6X4y9\">pic.twitter.com\/IwMAz6X4y9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Christof Spieler, PE, AICP, LEED AP (@christofspieler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christofspieler\/status\/1341559897188655104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">STOLEN &#8211; Purple Schwinn Crosscut in Austin, TX <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bdLuZ2IRpE\">https:\/\/t.co\/bdLuZ2IRpE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2xgxe9RZlt\">pic.twitter.com\/2xgxe9RZlt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bikeindexstolen\/status\/1341435333380960256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Cypress &amp; Shoal Creek Public Space Strategy is a partnership effort with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DowntownATXInfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DowntownATXInfo<\/a> to improve the area around 3rd Street and Shoal Creek. Take a peek at our newly released design proposals and add your comments thru Jan 31! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k06tO9KnhV\">https:\/\/t.co\/k06tO9KnhV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/downtownaustin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#downtownaustin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LMr2giDsaW\">pic.twitter.com\/LMr2giDsaW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Shoal Creek Conservancy (@shoalcc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shoalcc\/status\/1341413759412301828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to everyone who came out to our 1st Annual Bike Light Parade! It was a blast! The cocoa was warm, Santa was jolly, the kids laughed and raced. We can&#39;t wait to to this again next year! \u00f0\u0178\u017d\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Christmas2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Christmas2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MerryChristmas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MerryChristmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BikeParade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BikeParade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShopLocal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShopLocal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DJh3lczB6l\">pic.twitter.com\/DJh3lczB6l<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bicycle World (@BicycleWorldTx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BicycleWorldTx\/status\/1341368189410832385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/22\/texas-biking-news-december-22nd-2020\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[2560,212,5297,4719],"class_list":["post-55072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-biking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-ekg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55073,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55072\/revisions\/55073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}